[Sca-cooks] "A fry of whatever meat you like"
Martin G. Diehl
mdiehl at nac.net
Sat Nov 20 14:23:17 PST 2004
Bill Fisher wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:07:09 -0600, Terry Decker
> <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > Devra did have Milham's translation. If you decide to
> > get a copy, be aware there are two inprint editions.
> > The hardbound has the original text fronting the
> > translation. The paperback is just the translation.
> > I prefer the translation with original text because it
> > lets me consider the original language when confronted
> > with a question about the translation.
> >
> > Bear
>
> Yeah, the Milham original text + translation is the one
> I had that I can't find.
Looking at amazon.com ...
"Platina: On Right Pleasure and Good Health (Medieval &
Renaissance Texts & Studies, V. 168)" Hardcover
by Platina, Mary Ella Milham ... available, $35 and up.
"Platina's on Right Pleasure and Good Health: A Critical
Abridgement and Translation of De Honesta Voluptate Et Valetudine"
Paperback
by Platina, Mary Ella Milham ... available, $6 and up.
Looking at alibris.com ...
Platina "De honesta voluptate; the first dated cookery
book": Venice, L. de Aguila [i.e. Aquila] 1475
(1 available copy) $58.80
"Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome" by Apicius,
Vehling, and Joseph D. (Editor) trade paperback $7
> I did my redactions for my first feast from that one.
>
> I'm just curious to get both, Milham averaged her
> edition from several manuscripts, but has a good
> reference system.
>
> Does the other edition have the latin included as well?
As I understand it, the paperback edition does not.
> Cadoc
Vincenzo
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